Abstract

NASCIMENTO, José Almir do  and  MARQUES, Luciana Rosa. The enforcement of the right to quality education as an action of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pernambuco. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2021, vol.47, e239022.  Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 1678-4634.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-4634202147239022.

The so-called Doctrine of comprehensive protection is based on Article 227 of the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil and regulated by the Child and Youth Statute. By this provision, the conceptions of education will be influenced and reconfigured so that the desired protection is guaranteed, placing as joint liability the so-called Guarantee of the Rights of Children and Youth System ( Sistema de Garantia de Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente – SGDCA ), which aims to respond to the demands for rights of children and adolescents. In this sense, the Public Prosecutor’s Office emerges as a co-responsible agent to achieve the right to education, promoting the dignity of the human person. This paper aims to identify the mechanisms and contingencies involved in the working practices of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, to enforce the right to quality of basic education circumscribed in the project of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Education ( Ministério Público pela Educação – MPEduc ) project. This is a cutoff of a doctoral research that, for this text, conducted a review of the national legislation, documents produced within the scope of the project and a bibliography concerning education as a human right. The analysis of the actions resulting from the project found that fulfilling the goals and purposes of the MPEduc is based on the principles of comprehensive protection for children and adolescents, as prescribed in the Child and Youth Statute and in the Brazilian Constitution. In order to accomplish its working functionality, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pernambuco turns out to be an important ally for the restoration of educational rights, with a view to achieving the desired quality. For this purpose, public civil inquiries and subsequent recommendations for adjustments to education policies are used.

Keywords : Education quality; Public Prosecutor’s Office; Human rights; Right to education; Comprehensive protection.

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